Jan 2008 TWG Meeting Rich Engstrom P.E. Rock Island District Mississippi Valley Division U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

One Corps Serving the Armed Forces and the Nation U.S. Army Corps of Engineers DCP_Monitor History  2002 – Corps realized the need for better monitoring of its DCP networks  2003 – Stan Brua (NAB) and Rich Engstrom (MVR) outlined a Statement of Work funded by HQ  2003 – ILEX Engineering delivered the DCP_Monitor  2005 – Corps (MVD) funds major upgrade (view raw and decoded message)  2007 – Corps (MVD) funds major upgrade (DAMSNTv8 and DCP Naming Conventions)  Current - ILEX distributes this software with DECODES DCP_Monitor History  2002 – Corps realized the need for better monitoring of its DCP networks  2003 – Stan Brua (NAB) and Rich Engstrom (MVR) outlined a Statement of Work funded by HQ  2003 – ILEX Engineering delivered the DCP_Monitor  2005 – Corps (MVD) funds major upgrade (view raw and decoded message)  2007 – Corps (MVD) funds major upgrade (DAMSNTv8 and DCP Naming Conventions)  Current - ILEX distributes this software with DECODES

One Corps Serving the Armed Forces and the Nation U.S. Army Corps of Engineers What is the DCP_Monitor?  Web Based Tool  Used to monitor DCP transmission quality  Has been integrated into the Corps’ RiverGages- WIBS EDDN service  Corps version is only accessible via the Corps WAN  Used on a daily basis by many Corps Districts What is the DCP_Monitor?  Web Based Tool  Used to monitor DCP transmission quality  Has been integrated into the Corps’ RiverGages- WIBS EDDN service  Corps version is only accessible via the Corps WAN  Used on a daily basis by many Corps Districts

One Corps Serving the Armed Forces and the Nation U.S. Army Corps of Engineers DCP_Monitor DEMO DCP_Monitor DEMO

One Corps Serving the Armed Forces and the Nation

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers What does the DCP_Monitor require?  DAMSNT Data Source (LRGS, DRGS, NOAAPORT)  DECODES decoding metadata (if you want to decode the messages)  LRGS “Netlist” (if you don’t need to decode the messages)  Access to the DCS “pdt.compressed” table to get PDT metadata What does the DCP_Monitor require?  DAMSNT Data Source (LRGS, DRGS, NOAAPORT)  DECODES decoding metadata (if you want to decode the messages)  LRGS “Netlist” (if you don’t need to decode the messages)  Access to the DCS “pdt.compressed” table to get PDT metadata

One Corps Serving the Armed Forces and the Nation U.S. Army Corps of Engineers DCS PDT Table is crucial  In any future system we will need basic metadata for PDTs  Sometimes the “pdt.compressed” file becomes stale (more than several days old)  Need a more reliable system of generating and posting the PDT metadata DCS PDT Table is crucial  In any future system we will need basic metadata for PDTs  Sometimes the “pdt.compressed” file becomes stale (more than several days old)  Need a more reliable system of generating and posting the PDT metadata

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